This is why you should NEVER line a toilet seat with loo roll

Experts warn you could be putting yourself at greater risk of infection

BY CHARLOTTE BURNS

24th October 2016, 10:54 am

Updated: 24th October 2016, 11:05 am

BUCKLE up because we have some sobering facts for you about public toilets.

Experts have revealed it is NOT healthier to line the toilet seat with loo roll as a bottom barrier.

If you are one of the millions of people who lay the sheets down on the seat to form a protective later, you’re doing it wrong.

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You should avoid touching loo roll where possible

In fact you’re better off not putting anything down on the seat at all, whether it be toilet paper or one of those handy paper seat covers.

That's because toilet seats are made from materials that prevent bacteria from spreading in the first place.

Dr William Schaffer, a professor of preventative medicine, told the Huffington Post: “That’s because toilet seats are not a vehicle for the transmission of any infectious agents - you won’t catch anything.”

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The best advice to avoid germs is to 'hover'

So where are all the germs in the bathroom if they aren’t on the seat? You guessed it - they’re on the toilet paper.

Think about it, no-one is touching the toilet seat with their bare hands, but almost everyone is touching the toilet paper.

Plus every time the toilet gets flushed a ton of nasty germs get spread around and fly through the air.

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Most of the germs on a toilet seat are ALREADY on our bodies

Lots of those germs end up on the absorbent toilet paper roll, so when you place it on the seat you’re sitting down right on top of them.